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Religious K-12 Schools: Endowment Trends and Performance
Earlier this year, Commonfund Institute released the 21st annual Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Independent Schools (“CSIS” or the “Study”), reporting on key investment governance trends and insights... Learn More
The New Era of Market Concentration
Market concentration has become a key theme, with the top 10 companies constituting more than 40 percent of the S&P 500 Index by market capitalization. This comfortably surpasses market concentration...
Real Assets and Sustainability: Investing in a Changing Policy Environment
Join hosts George Suttles, Executive Director, and Amanda Novello, Sr. Policy and Research Analyst, in this episode of "Espresso Chats," a series by the Commonfund Institute serving up strong, short...
Private Markets Year in Review and 2026 Outlook
As we enter our 38th year, we write to share with you our year-end letter and observations of what may be ahead in 2026 in the private equity investment environment.
CF Private Equity Announces the Final Close of its Fifth Co-Investment Fund at $187M, Exceeding its Target
CF Private Equity Co-Investment Opportunities V, L.P. held its final closing on January 12th, 2026 Norwalk, CT, January 13, 2026: CF Private Equity today announced the final closing of CF Private...
Implications of the U.S. Arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
This past weekend U.S. Special Forces launched a large-scale military operation in Venezuela and in the process captured and arrested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores....
Year-End Update and 2026 Investment Outlook
Calendar year 2025 delivered strong equity market returns globally, continuing the outsized performance of the past two years. In the U.S., the S&P 500 index returned 17.9 percent. Not to be outdone,...
Espresso Chats Season Recap
Join hosts George Suttles, Executive Director, and Amanda Novello, Sr. Policy and Research Analyst, in this episode of "Espresso Chats," a series by the Commonfund Institute serving up strong, short...
A Practical Guide to Buyouts and Growth Equity
Are you curious about the evolving world of buyouts and growth equity investing? In this insightful Commonfund Institute Online workshop, Tor Martinsen from the buyouts and growth equity team at CF...
2025 HEPI Report Released
Inflation for U.S. Higher Education Institutions Rises 3.6% in Fiscal 2025, Up from Fiscal 2024 Rate Norwalk, Conn., December 11, 2025 – Data from the annual Higher Education Price Index® (HEPI) show...
From Leaks to Floods – Challenges and Opportunities in Water Infrastructure
Water ranks as one of the global community’s most crucial natural resources – and presents pernicious problems as it is often too scarce, too abundant or too polluted. Water infrastructure and...
Winter Reading List 2025: Stories to Warm the Season
Commonfund Institute is excited to share the latest edition of our winter recommended reading list, featuring thought-provoking memoirs, compelling historical fiction, and inspiring leadership...
Why the Way You Count Matters and Why Comparing One-Year Returns Does Not
As we near the end of the performance reporting season for larger higher ed institutions this year, I am once again struck by the focus the media and others place on a single fiscal year return.
AI's Productivity Payoff Is Here
When ChatGPT launched in late 2022 and the AI revolution took off, the central question was about whether the staggering sums being invested would ever fulfill the promise of boosting productivity.